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Chapter 137: [137]: Access Granted, The Gilded Cage · Nov 03, 2026

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101 Chapter 101: [101]: Weaponized Error, The Warden’s End 2026-11-03
102 Chapter 102: [102]: The Extermination Bounty, Waiting for the Hunters 2026-11-03
103 Chapter 103: [103]: Claiming the Tax, The Bloody Marble 2026-11-03
104 Chapter 104: [104]: Void Toxicity, A Glitch in the Meat-Suit 2026-11-03
105 Chapter 105: [105]: Outpost Rust, The Leviathan’s Skull 2026-11-03
106 Chapter 106: [106]: A Ghost from Server 894, The Smuggler’s Alley 2026-11-03
107 Chapter 107: [107]: The Usurper’s Move, A Transactional Deal 2026-11-03
108 Chapter 108: [108]: Boardroom Massacre, Frictionless 2026-11-03
109 Chapter 109: [109]: No Negotiation, The Meat Cube 2026-11-03
110 Chapter 110: [110]: Taking Control, The Biological Server 2026-11-03
111 Chapter 111: [111]: Onyx Retaliation, The Cyber-Berserker 2026-11-03
112 Chapter 112: [112]: Physical Overwrite, Reflected Inertia 2026-11-03
113 Chapter 113: [113]: The Rogue Code-Smith, Down the Hatch 2026-11-03
114 Chapter 114: [114]: Forging the Deal, Broken Chains 2026-11-03
115 Chapter 115: [115]: Church of the Code, Iron Fanatics 2026-11-03
116 Chapter 116: [116]: The Apostle Cole, Holy Severance 2026-11-03
117 Chapter 117: [117]: Error vs. Holy, The System Purge 2026-11-03
118 Chapter 118: [118]: The Lure, Broadcasting the Glitch 2026-11-03
119 Chapter 119: [119]: The Slum Meat-Grinder, Boiling Slag 2026-11-03
120 Chapter 120: [120]: Stabilization, The Biological Server 2026-11-03
121 Chapter 121: [121]: Target: Server 112, The Spoofing Drive 2026-11-03
122 Chapter 122: [122]: Embedding the Drive, Welcome to Server 112 2026-11-03
123 Chapter 123: [123]: The Corporate Dystopia, Neon Shadows 2026-11-03
124 Chapter 124: [124]: The Underground Broker, Trading Trash for Credits 2026-11-03
125 Chapter 125: [125]: The Regional Core, Planning the Heist 2026-11-03
126 Chapter 126: [126]: Hostile Takeover, The Glitch in the System 2026-11-03
127 Chapter 127: [127]: Smash and Grab, Corporate Security 2026-11-03
128 Chapter 128: [128]: The Regional Anchor, Waking the Empress 2026-11-03
129 Chapter 129: [129]: The 500-Mile Kingdom, New Management 2026-11-03
130 Chapter 130: [130]: Sea of Biomass 2026-11-03
131 Chapter 131: [131]: The Iron Bath, Heart Appraisal 2026-11-03
132 Chapter 132: [132]: The Psychic Interrogation, The Commander’s Pet 2026-11-03
133 Chapter 133: [133]: Moving Up The Corporate Ladder, The Crucible 2026-11-03
134 Chapter 134: [134]: Vector Overwrite, The Crucible’s First Blood 2026-11-03
135 Chapter 135: [135]: “Geometry is fun” 2026-11-03
136 Chapter 136: [136]: The Berserker Elite, Choking Out Hydraulics 2026-11-03
137 Chapter 137: [137]: Access Granted, The Gilded Cage 2026-11-03
138 Chapter 138: [138]: [DDoS Overload.] 2026-11-03
139 Chapter 139: [139]: The Spies, Stealing the Decryptor 2026-11-03
140 Chapter 140: [140]: The Masquerade Gala, Slipping the Leash 2026-11-03
141 Chapter 141: [141]: Silent Execution, The Phantom Menace 2026-11-03
142 Chapter 142: [143]: The Guild Master, Panic at the Gala 2026-11-03
143 Chapter 143: [144]: The Trap Sprung, The Anchor of Reality 2026-11-03
144 Chapter 144: [145]: Tearing Steel, The Spine Pluck 2026-11-03
145 Chapter 145: [146]: Admin Suspicion Spikes, The Firewall Wakes 2026-11-03
146 Chapter 146: [147]: The Terminal Hack, Dead Men Tell No Passwords 2026-11-03
147 Chapter 147: [148]: Root Extraction, Deleting the Neighborhood 2026-11-03
148 Chapter 148: [150]: Collapse of 112, The Unplugged World 2026-11-03
149 Chapter 149: [151]: The Coma Patient, Administrative Denial 2026-11-03
150 Chapter 150: [152]: The Holy Crusade, A Cosmic Bounty 2026-11-03

One hundred thousand spectators stared down at the dirt. They had just watched a

scrawny unarmored grunt wrestle a piece of heavy industrial machinery and literally crush its steel neck with his bare hands.

It was biologically impossible. It was mechanically insane.

Then, the announcer finally found his voice.

”HE... HE BROKE HIM! THE GRUNT BROKE THE JUGGERNAUT!”

The crowd erupted. It was not a cheer of joy. It was a roar of awe. They screamed his fake name, chanting it over and over as they threw credits and betting slips into the air.

Sebastian stood in the center of the arena. He looked up at the VIP box. He gave

Commander Sterling a slow lazy two finger salute.

”Easiest money I ever made,” Sebastian muttered. He turned his back on the

roaring crowd.

He had won the tournament. He had his VIP pass. It was time to go steal a

server.

————

The noise of the Vanguard Arena faded into a dull echo as the heavy iron blast

doors slid shut behind Sebastian.

He stood in the dimly lit victor’s tunnel, surrounded by the scent of dried

blood and leaked hydraulic fluid. He leaned his back against the cold concrete

wall and purposely let his shoulders slump. He forced his breathing to become

ragged and heavy.

He was not tired. His thirty percent synchronized Demigod body could have

wrestled ten more cyber golems without breaking a sweat. But a Level 42 grunt

who just choked out a Level 65 mechanical juggernaut was supposed to be

exhausted.

He had to play the part.

”Haa... haa...” Sebastian wheezed. He rested his hands on his knees and stared

down at his boots.

Footsteps echoed down the corridor. Fast and incredibly arrogant footsteps.

”Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant!”

Commander Sterling practically glided down the tunnel. The Vanguard officer was

positively glowing. His white and gold armor was spotless, a stark contrast to

the dirt of the arena. He was holding a sleek holographic datapad. His pale blue

eyes were wide with the joy of a man who had just won a huge amount of digital

currency.

Sterling stopped in front of Sebastian and clapped his white gloved hands

together.

”I knew it! The moment I saw you stare down the Inquisitor, I knew you were an

absolute psychopath!” Sterling laughed as he tapped the datapad. ”Do you have

any idea how much money I just made, Trent? The odds were fifty to one against

you! The entire Executive Board bet on Drax. I just bankrupted three rival

commanders in a single match!”

”Happy to help, sir,” Sebastian panted. He purposely let a slight tremor enter

his voice. He slowly stood up and leaned against the wall for fake support.

”Just doing my job.”

”And you did it flawlessly,” Sterling beamed. His smile showed far too many

perfect teeth. ”You did not use flashy magic. You did not rely on expensive

gear. You used raw physical violence. It was disgusting. It was entirely

barbaric. It was perfect.”

Sterling reached into his flowing midnight blue cape. He pulled out a small

heavy geometric badge made of polished platinum and glowing blue Ethereal

crystal.

It was the Vanguard Elite insignia.

”As promised,” Sterling said. He stepped forward and firmly pressed the badge

directly onto the chest of Sebastian’s black tactical suit.

The moment the badge made contact, the green runes of Corbin’s Server Spoofing

Drive bolted to Sebastian’s arm flared warmly beneath his sleeve. The system

registered the new item and instantly updated his fake profile.

BEEP.

[Status Updated: Vanguard Elite (Upper Ring Access Granted)]

”You are no longer a slum grunt, Trent,” Sterling announced. His voice dripped

with pride. ”You belong to my personal retinue now. You have full clearance to

the Inner Spire. Go get cleaned up. Tomorrow, you start your real work.”

”Yes, Commander,” Sebastian nodded respectfully.

Sterling turned on his heel and glided back down the tunnel. He was already

barking into his comm-link about organizing a massive victory gala in his

penthouse.

Sebastian watched him leave. The moment the Commander rounded the corner,

Sebastian’s slumping posture vanished. His breathing instantly steadied. The

exhausted loyal soldier was gone, replaced entirely by the cold and calculating

Sovereign of Laws.

”Idiot,” Sebastian whispered.

He pushed himself off the wall and began walking in the opposite direction. He

was not going to the barracks. He was not going to get cleaned up. He was going

straight to the heart of the server.

The transition from the dirt of the arena to the Inner Spire of Server 112 was

shocking.

Sebastian stepped out of a private high speed transit elevator and into a world

that felt entirely disconnected from the reality of the Ethereal Plane.

The Inner Spire was not a military base. It was a paradise built on the crushed

bones of the lower sectors.

The air here smelled like blooming jasmine and artificially purified oxygen. The

corridors were impossibly wide. They were lined with pristine white marble and

flowing rivers of contained glowing blue mana. Gentle ambient music played from

invisible speakers.

NPCs and high tier elite players wandered the halls wearing ridiculous gravity

defying silk robes and glittering jewelry. They completely ignored him. The

Platinum Elite badge on his chest acted like an invisibility cloak. To them, he

was just another high level guard dog meant to blend into the background.

”This whole place makes me want to vomit,” Sebastian muttered. His silver tinged

eyes scanned the displays of wealth.

He navigated the winding luxurious hallways and followed the subtle localized

pull of the server’s center. He did not need a map. His Demigod architecture

could literally feel the massive gravity well of raw data anchoring the planet.

He finally reached the end of the grand concourse.

Standing before him were two massive doors made of solid polished diamond. They

were not guarded by heavy borgs or automated turrets. They did not need to be.

The doors were sealed by a biometric scanner that only accepted Elite command

clearance.

Sebastian stepped up to the panel. He pressed his gloved hand against the

glowing blue reader.

BEEP.

[Scanning... Elite Badge Recognized. Welcome, Trent.]

The massive diamond doors silently slid open and glided on frictionless hinges.

Sebastian stepped through the threshold, and his breath actually caught in his

throat.

The room was a massive dome constructed entirely of dark glass. But it was not

the room that demanded attention. It was what sat in the very center.

The Server Pillar.

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